December 29, 2022

[GIST] Agency asks communities to protect roads

[GIST] Agency asks communities to protect roads

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The Lagos State Government has advised residents of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area, Ifako-Ijaye Local Council Development Area and Ibeju-Lekki LGA to ensure that rehabilitated road projects in their communities are protected. According to a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, the General Manager of the Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency, Ajibike Shomade, gave


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[GIST] Drug abuse generating violent tendencies among youths – NGO

[GIST] Drug abuse generating violent tendencies among youths – NGO

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A non-governmental organisation, Africa Bridge Initiative, has said violent tendencies exhibited by youths during elections are a result of using illicit drugs and substances. The NGO’s founder and Executive Director, Opeoluwa Taiwo, disclosed this at the organisation’s end-of-the-year event on Tuesday. Taiwo noted that youths had become tools in the hands of politicians to perpetrate


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[GIST] One feared killed as Enugu hoodlums raze houses

[GIST] One feared killed as Enugu hoodlums raze houses

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Oruku community in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State has been thrown into chaos after hoodlums razed no fewer than 10 houses. PUNCH Metro gathered the houses were burnt between December 25 and 28, 2022. Among the houses burnt on Tuesday and Wednesday was the palace of the late traditional ruler of


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December 28, 2022

[GIST] Ekiti tribunal delivers judgment today

[GIST] Ekiti tribunal delivers judgment today

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The camps of the All Progressives Congress and the Social Democratic Party in Ekiti State are both hopeful of favourable judgment in the dispute over the June 18 governorship election to be determined on Wednesday (today) by the governorship election petitions tribunal. Dissatisfied with the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission of the APC


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[GIST] Lagos-Ibadan Expressway now free of kidnappers – Amotekun

[GIST] Lagos-Ibadan Expressway now free of kidnappers – Amotekun

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The Commandant of the Amotekun Corps in Oyo state, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), on Tuesday said the security outfit has rid the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway of kidnappers. He said in the last six weeks that members of the security outfit moved to the road, no kidnap case has been recorded on the road. He added that


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[GIST] Suzuki, Solution17 partner to promote tree planting

[GIST] Suzuki, Solution17 partner to promote tree planting

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Suzuki by CFAO Nigeria has collaborated with Solution17 for Climate Action’s Trees from Art Initiative to promote tree planting, climate education, and awareness in Lagos State, Nigeria.  The Suzuki by CFAO One-Tree-One-Car programme began with planting economic trees at Caleb British International School, Lekki. The initiative supports Solution 17’s goal of planting 10 million trees


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[GIST] Entrepreneur gives 22 varsities N5.5bn grant

[GIST] Entrepreneur gives 22 varsities N5.5bn grant

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The Chairman of ASR Africa and BUA Group, Abdul Rabiu, has donated N5.5bn grants to 22 Nigerian universities and tertiary institutions for infrastructure development under its tertiary education grants scheme. The AbdulSamad Rabiu Africa Initiative disclosed that N250m each would be given to each of the selected Nigerian universities and tertiary institutions for infrastructure projects.


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